Using Style Sheet Colors?

Review the following links first:
What Color - RGB Table?
HTML and HEX Color Names?

A web style sheet allows one to manage attributes within a web site with a single Style Sheet (CSS) file.

Try this. Review and then use with the What Color - RGB Table link above

Red [ ]
Green [ ]
Blue [ ]

Zero out two and enter 255 in one and see what happens? (Click any space after changing)
Notice when all three at 255 are the absence of color - white?
To learn more about the basic RGB (Red Green Blue) visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGB_color_model

Navigation Links:

Mess around and click on colors or enter numbers and find three colors that you want for the LINK, VISITED, and ACTIVE navigation. Send to us in the format below:

[color: rgb(REDxxx,GREENxxx,BLUExxx); ]

LINK:
color: rgb(xxx,xxx,xxx);
VISITED:
color: rgb(xxx,xxx,xxx);
ACTIVE:
color: rgb(xxx,xxx,xxx);


WebPages Background Colors or Images:

The challenge is that a web page background 'default' is neutral when it is built. If a viewer does not have their Internet Explorer or Browser set correctly, or has altered it for accessibility, a web page that is not designated with a specific background color will look 'grey'. We call this the grey ghost. So we set all web page backgrounds to 'white' for contrast when they are first built. Then we go crazy with backgrounds later.

There are many options - one can set a page (table, cell, image) background to a specific color, or use a image background. When we use CSS files we often test them using our favorite bg_crushedpaper.gif white crushed paper image. The one we use is our original (c) Irish White Linen. It makes a neutral background, non-white, patterned, and confirms that we have all the tables, cells, and images set correctly and transparent to use that background. Most all of our background image libraries are white, patterned, and very subtle. Some pages can have watermarks or repetitive patterns. Obviously the object is to have simple contrast and readability without distracting page content. Image backgrounds instead of a neutral color are a pain as we have to render all the images as transparent gif's and modify the code to accept a global default for the background. Difficult, but always worth the trouble in our opinion. Everyone has a plain-color background web site! We love color and texture!

If one wishes a special background, they need choose one that complements the site, and one that allows the font defaults to be highly legible. There is also a technical problem with some logos and complex images as they will not render as clear transparent gif's without smudges or shadow artifacts.

What one can't have for a web page presentation is not always webmaster's excuse, often just another cold technical reality. Time is money, and knowledge is time. We often err on the side of accuracy, security, and content over artistry. It never hurts to ask for what you want for special backgrounds, but keep your check book handy.